El Cajón Dam (Mexico)
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| Coordinates | 21 ° 25 ′ 41 ″ N , 104 ° 27 ′ 7 ″ W | ||||
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| Construction time: | 2003-2007 | ||||
| Height of the barrier structure : | 185 m | ||||
| Crown length: | 638 m | ||||
| Power plant output: | 750 MW | ||||
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| Storage space | 28 300 000 m³ | ||||
The El Cajón Dam is a dam in the Mexican state of Nayarit . It was built from 2003 to June 2007 in a construction period of 54 months for 800 million dollars on the Río Grande de Santiago . The barrier structure is 185 m high and 638 m long. The reservoir contains 28.3 million cubic meters of water, and the hydropower plant's generators can produce 750 megawatts of electricity. The dam, located 60 km upriver from the Aguamilpa Dam , is operated by the State Electricity Company Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE).
The construction had the following advantages: 10,000 direct and indirect jobs were created, and access roads for 20,000 residents in 40 locations were renewed. 1228 gigawatt hours of electricity are generated annually, which is 1.5 times the annual electricity consumption of Nayarit. Every year 2 million barrels of oil are saved. The efficiency of the Aguamilpa dam below is increased by regulating the runoff, and the primary energy sources of the national electricity supply are diversified.
There are other dams with the name El Cajón in Honduras ( El Cajón Dam (Honduras) ) and Argentina ( El Cajón Dam (Argentina) ).
See also
- List of the largest dams on earth
- List of the largest reservoirs on earth
- List of the largest hydroelectric plants in the world
- List of power plants in Mexico
- List of dams in the world (Mexico)